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I've come up with a fabulous plan to deal with the estimated 11 million people who are in this country illegally. Call Uber. Maybe the U.S. government can get a high-volume group discount, and deport everybody for a minimum rate of $2.40 per person. If that's too unwieldy, send in reinforcements. Call Mears and Greyhound and Amtrak, although that would be my last option, since those desperados would probably jump off a train before it crossed the border. But hey, immigration problem fixed! Deport them all! Perhaps the obstinate core of GOP naysayers opposing immigration reform have a better idea? Right now they're just stomping their little feet and screaming...

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U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts (2nd from R) administers the oath of office to U.S. President Barack Obama as first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha look on during ceremonies on the West front of the U.S Capitol.

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I've come up with a fabulous plan to deal with the estimated 11 million people who are in this country illegally.
Call Uber. Maybe the U.S. government can get a high-volume group discount, and deport everybody for a minimum rate of $2.40 per person.
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End cowardly violence
The consistent, perduring violence in our Central Florida communities is alarming and depressing.
We know that those on the front lines of law enforcement are doing all they can to prevent and respond to this culture of violence...

President Obama is clearly right — and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is wrong — about the Iran nuclear negotiations. But the broader and more consequential question of Iran's place in the world is much more complicated.
As I've written, I...

Keystone veto
President Barack Obama last week vetoed legislation that would have greenlighted the Keystone XL pipeline, linking Canadian oil sands to the U.S. Gulf Coast.…
Someday, we hope, the pipeline will be built. But that day won't come any time...

I find it ironic that someone can criticize the president, our foreign policy and just about everything else about America and, with a straight face, consider himself a real patriot.
Rudy Giuliani was spot on when he said Barack Obama doesn't love...

WASHINGTON —Internet service providers like Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile now must act in the "public interest" when providing a mobile connection to your home or phone, under rules approved Thursday by a divided Federal...

The planned SunRail commuter-train expansion south into Osceola County and north to DeLand in Volusia County will be delayed by at least six months, pushing back the projected start date to the summer of 2017.
Difficulties in securing $126 million in...

"I don't know."
Thus proclaimed Scott Walker, the Wisconsin governor and Republican presidential hopeful, when asked by The Washington Post's Dan Balz and Robert Costa whether President Obama is a Christian.
This is not a matter of conjecture....

Bob Carr's demise
Monday evening, we were entertained by a one-night event, "In The Mood," at the Bob Carr Theater. Considering the big-band sound, the singers and dancers, I rate the group an "A." The Bob Carr? A solid "D."...

TALLAHASSEE — Attorney General Pam Bondi is outspoken about her efforts to reduce or eliminate human trafficking, prescription drug abuse and consumer fraud.
But when it comes to defending her decision to join a lawsuit with other states aimed at...

A case for death penalty
Regarding Scott Maxwell's column, "Change the debate: Errors show death penalty must end," in Sunday's Sentinel: Maxwell makes some good points for ending the death penalty; however, I must disagree with the writer on...

Jeb Bush's highly anticipated speech on foreign policy reminded me of the joke in which two senior citizens are complaining about a restaurant. "Terrible food at that place," says one. "Yes," says the other, "and such small...

I've been radicalized. By Harry Reid and Barack Obama. Goodbye moderation and sweet reason. No more clinging to constitutional and procedural restraint. It's time to go nuclear.
In the fourth quarter of his presidency, Obama unbound is abusing...

Seriously, about testing ...
There was good news about standardized testing in Thursday's Sentinel, "Governor agrees to cut testing," but it is only an easy first step. Eliminating duplicate tests is a common-sense move. Now, the governor,...

If holy books had a disclaimer that they should not be taken literally, it would prevent so many problems.
Jeb Bush's choosing advisers for foreign policy from his father's and brother's administrations gives depth and meaning to the adage,...

TALLAHASSEE - Sen. Darren Soto, D-Orlando, called on Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday to drop a lawsuit she joined to halt President Obama’s executive order deferring deportation for up to 5 million illegal immigrants.
“Many of these children...

Wishy-washy warfare
It was one of the more embarrassing moments in an embarrassing year — decade? — for Congress. As Islamic State rampaged through Syria and Iraq over the summer, Congress stayed on vacation rather than debate and vote on a broad...

Long may Obama 'reign'
Oppressing, torturing, quashing free speech and suppressing religious and human rights — these are the everyday actions of your modern political dictator.
Edgar B. Wycoff, in his Tuesday My Word ("In his own mind, Obama's...

During a 2013 White House briefing, President Obama said, "I am not a dictator." But his words and actions suggest otherwise. He uses the executive power of his pen and phone to enact policy changes without Congress, and his last three defense...

Ronald Reagan was one. So was John F. Kennedy.
The verdict's still out on Barack Obama, though one more first pitch might convince historians he's just a skinnier version of William Howard Taft.
We're talking athletes. A sure way to tell you're not...